In the 100 years since the famed RMS Titanic hit an iceberg and plunged into the ocean, it has been celebrated on stage, television and in film. This collection of new recordings features music from James Cameron’s TITANIC, by James Horner, S.O.S. TITANIC by Howard Blake, RAISE THE TITANIC by John Barry, TITANIC, A NEW MUSICAL by Maury Yeston and John WIlliams’ Titanic Trot from the 1966 TIME TUNNEL pilot, Rendesvous With Yesterday, TITANIC: AN EPIC MUSICAL VOYAGE is available digitally on iTunes and other digital music outlets and on CD at www.buysoundtrax.com

Dan Redfeld (Music) attended Boston’s New England Conservatory of Music before transferring to UCLA where he received his degree in composition/conducting. He was then chosen to attend the ASCAP/Fred Karlin Film Scoring Workshop in 1994. Since then, Dan has composed several scores for films including the award-winning AFI graduate picture, Clinic E, and Barbara Jean, starring Sara Rue. He recently composed and conducted the score for Flickerhouse Productions’ psychological drama, Fly. Dan has also been commissioned by the city of Ventura to compose music for the silent classics The Phantom of the Opera, The Sheik, Hell’s Hinges, The Black Pirate, Safety Last, The Adventures of Prince Achmed and Robin Hood as part of the annual Music Under the Stars festival. He recently premiered his score for the Mary Pickford classic, Sparrows, in July 2009 for the Library of Congress and the Alex Film Society. He has also composed scores for the American Cinematheque silents retrospectives. In December of 2007, he composed three scores for Varieté, Asphalt, and The Covered Wagon, all of which were premiered at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood.

In the musical theatre world, Dan has written six shows. Little Women, an American Musical, was workshopped in New York in April 2001 with Elaine Stritch and Deborah Gibson. The Los Angeles workshops occurred in December 1999 and May 2000 with Teri Ralston, Brian Evers and Gordon Goodman. Dan is currently working on the musical thriller/comedy Canterville with lyrics by Koí Howard and book by Steven Ganci. Other musicals include Tales, an adaptation of Mother Goose rhymes, and UCSD’s production of Dangerous Liaisons.

Dan has also written concert music, including the Fanfare and Theme for large orchestra, which will be recorded in 2012. His latest chambers works, Vineyards and Dance Sketches, were successfully premiered in 2008 and 2009, by members of Ensemble Green.

In October of 2010, Ensemble Green performed A Hopeful Place, a new song cycle by Dan & librettist John Koladziej written for soprano Kristi Holden, currently starring as Christine Daaé in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Phantom: The Vegas Spectacular. The piece was recorded in August 2011 with Ms. Holden, an all-star LA studio orchestra, and the composer conducting. It will be released in 2012. For updates and more info, please go to the Facebook page, A Hopeful Place. The Fantasy for Violin and Piano will also be included on the same CD with violinist Elizabeth Hedman and pianist Robert Thies, who premiered the work in September 2009 and for whom it was written. Dan’s latest opus, Travels for Piano Quartet, was premiered in June 2011by Central4, a chamber group for whom he has been named Composer-In-Residence. The new work is currently being recorded at East West Studios in Hollywood.

Other works include A Heart’s Journey for Piano & Orchestra, Arioso for Oboe, Percussion & Strings, the Serenade for Violin, Cello & Piano, and the celebratory string quartet, Jubilation Fanfare, which was recorded in 2006. Dan has also written incidental music for various plays including the score for the Met Theatre’s acclaimed production of USA directed by John Hickey. He arranged, orchestrated, conducted (as well as composed 2 tunes), and produced all the material for the debut album of singer/songwriter James Below, entitled I Once Was Told, which was released in December of 2008. It can be purchased at Amazon, iTunes, or www.jamesbelow.com.

For Buysoundtrax Records, Dan has arranged, orchestrated, conducted and produced the critically acclaimed compilation, Music from the Twilight Saga as well as several recordings of piano solo themes from the movies and several songs by John Barry & Jerry Goldsmith. He is currently prepping a massive album commemorating the 100th anniversary of the sinking of Titanic and the re-release of James Cameron’s Oscar-winning film. The album will contain music from various Titanic-related motion pictures and the Broadway musical. Recording begins in late February and continue through mid-March for a release the first week of April, 2012. All these recordings can be purchased on iTunes, Amazon, specialty soundtrack sellers, or from Buysoundtrax direct.

Dan has also musical directed and/or conducted several shows including Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Song & Dance, Miss Saigon, Disney’s Beauty & the Beast, Fiddler on the Roof, Singin’ in the Rain, Sweet Charity, The Spitfire Grill, Triumph of Love, Blood Brothers, A Chorus Line, A Little Night Music, Evita, Chess, Sweeney Todd, Jesus Christ Superstar, Crazy for You, Godspell, 70 Girls 70, Grease, The Secret Garden, West Side Story, etc. He musical directed and conducted the much anticipated, single-night performance of Chess at the Ford Amphitheatre in September 2007 with Susan Egan, Matt Morrison, Kevin Earley, and Ty Taylor and a cast of 40 singers and dancers. In 2008, Dan music directed and conducted Flickerhouse Productions’ successful theatrical extravaganza, The Who’s Tommy, which ran in Hollywood at the Ricardo Montalban Theatre to tremendous critical acclaim. Dan recently conducted & orchestrated the Cabrillo Music Theatre Holiday Spectacular starring Shirley Jones & Patrick Cassidy. In August of 2010, he made his debut with Montana Lyric Opera, music directing and conducting Puccini’s Madama Butterfly to rave reviews. Dan is currently musical directing and conducting Eli Villanueva’s opera, The White Bird of Poston, for Los Angeles Opera.

Daniel Pyne has been at home in the world of film, TV, and books for over 30 years. His writing credits include classics like The Manchurian Candidate, Fracture, Any Given Sunday, and Miami Vice. Currently, he just finished his engagement as a head writer and showrunner on JJ Abrams’ new TV show Alcatraz on FOX. Daniel is also the author of the cult noir novel, Twentynine Palms (which was also made into a feature film) and just released his second novel, A Hole In The Ground Owned by a Liar, in February.

In his spare time, Daniel Pyne acts a visiting professor at the UCLA Graduate School of Film and is a writing advisor for the Sundance Institute. For more info on Daniel Pyne.

“Step into Excellence!” is designed by Mark Gordon to help you gain insight and clarity into how you create, process and achieve success and happiness.  The class will meet once a week for four consecutive weeks.  Each week will build upon the previous so that at the end of the four weeks you will have a strategy and a set of tools to help you propel your life to the next level.

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Born into a legendary racing family, jockeys Damien Oliver (STEPHEN CURRY) and his brother, Jason (DANIEL MACPHERSON), were destined for greatness. However, tragedy strikes when Jason is in a deathly riding accident just days before the prestigious Melbourne Cup race. Damien considers bowing out of the race and wonders if he’ll ever ride again, but with the encouragement of famed Irish horse trainer Dermot Weld (BRENDAN GLEESON), he realizes that racing is the one way he can pay tribute to the memory of his beloved brother. In a moment that captured the attention – and the hearts – of the world, Damien and his horse Media Puzzle victoriously cross the finish line at the Melbourne Cup.

With critically acclaimed films such as FREE WILLY and Emmy nominated mini-television series and films Lonesome Dove, QUIGLEY DOWN UNDER, and CROCODILE DUNDEE IN LOS ANGELES, director Simon Wincer has become one of Australia’s most celebrated film and television directors.

Follow in the inspirational footsteps of six talented ballet dancers (ages nine to nineteen) as they struggle to maintain form in the face of injury and personal sacrifice on their way to one of the most prestigious youth ballet competitions in the world. First Position is a feature length documentary about a love of dance and a drive to succeed that trumps money, politics and even war.

With unprecedented (and exclusive) access to the Youth America Grand Prix, the largest competition that awards full scholarships to top ballet schools, First Position takes audiences on a yearlong journey around the world.  At a time when art, music and dance for children are severely under-funded, the film reveals the struggles and success, the pain and extraordinary beauty of an art form so many children across the globe are determined to dedicate their lives to…despite the odds.

First Position recently had its World Premiere at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival and was named the audience choice’s first runner up for Best Documentary. It also won the Jury Prize at the San Francisco Documentary Festival and the audience award at DOCNYC.
First Position will be released in theaters May 2012.

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About Chris Hajian

Born and raised in Queens NY, Chris’ formal training started at New York City’s “Famed” High School of the Performing Arts, and continued at the Manhattan School of Music, where he studied classical composition. He has composed scores for a wide range of feature films, indies and documentaries, including “The Take” (2007), “Nursery University” (2008) and most recently “Unraveled,” which had it’s US premiere at the LA Film Festival and will have its broadcast premiere on the Showtime Network later this year.

Follow in the inspirational footsteps of six talented ballet dancers (ages nine to nineteen) as they struggle to maintain form in the face of injury and personal sacrifice on their way to one of the most prestigious youth ballet competitions in the world. First Position is a feature length documentary about a love of dance and a drive to succeed that trumps money, politics and even war.

With unprecedented (and exclusive) access to the Youth America Grand Prix, the largest competition that awards full scholarships to top ballet schools, First Position takes audiences on a yearlong journey around the world.  At a time when art, music and dance for children are severely under-funded, the film reveals the struggles and success, the pain and extraordinary beauty of an art form so many children across the globe are determined to dedicate their lives to…despite the odds.

First Position recently had its World Premiere at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival and was named the audience choice’s first runner up for Best Documentary. It also won the Jury Prize at the San Francisco Documentary Festival and the audience award at DOCNYC.
First Position will be released in theaters May 2012.

For more about the film

Bess Kargman has produced timely, socially and politically relevant stories for numerous media outlets including National Public Radio, The Washington Post and NBC Olympics. She holds degrees from Columbia Graduate School of Journalism and Amherst College. Long before entering the world of film and radio, Kargman trained at Boston Ballet School (and has the bruised feet to prove it). First Position is her first movie and premiered at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival (where it took People’s Choice runner-up for best documentary). When she’s not living out of a suitcase, Kargman divides her time between New York and Los Angeles.

Sideways became the basis for the critically-acclaimed and commercially successful Alexander Payne/Fox Searchlight release of 2004.  The film was nominated for five Academy Awards, winning the Oscar for best adapted screenplay.  It also won the prestigious Writers Guild Award for best adapted screenplay, two Golden Globe Awards for best screenplay and best picture (musical or comedy), five New York Film Critics Circle Awards, including best picture and best screenplay, five Los Angeles Film Critics Awards, again including best picture and best screenplay.  It swept the Indie Spirit Awards with six wins and won too many other year-end awards to enumerate here.  In all it won a total of 350 year-end awards in all categories.  Rex’s novel has sold over 150,000 copies and has been translated into twelve languages.  In 2008, the Writers Guild of America voted it one of 101 Greatest Screenplays of all time.

Rex Pickett grew up in San Diego and attended the University of California at San Diego.  He graduated summa cum laude with a Special Projects major, specializing in contemporary literary and film criticism, and creative writing.

Rex moved to L.A. and attended USC graduate film school for one year.  He went on to write and direct two independent feature films, California Without Endand From Hollywood to Deadwood.  The former played numerous festivals and was bought by Bavarian Radio Television.  The latter was acquired and commercially released by Island Pictures in 1990.

Rex has written numerous screenplays, some original and some for hire.  In ’89 he was commisioned by Sony/Tristar to write an original screenplay for the actor, Kevin Bacon.  In ‘90 he was brought on for an uncredited rewrite of Alien III.   In ’92 he wrote The Road Back, an original screenplay which was purchased by Silverfilm Productions.  In addition, he adapted a novel, Striking it Rich, for the same company.  His 2002 script Repairman has also been optioned.

In ’96 Rex turned his attention to fiction and wrote a mystery novel, La Purisima, which landed him representation with the prestigious Curtis Brown, LTD. literary agency as his representation.  And though that novel ultimately wasn’t placed, it laid the groundwork for his second novel, Sideways.

In addition to the success of Sideways, Rex’s screenplay for My Mother Dreams the Satan’s Disciples in New Yorkwon best dramatic short film at over 15 festivals, culminating in the winning of the 2000 Academy Award for best live action short.  It was directed by his former wife, Barbara Schock, at the American Film Institute.

Rex has just come out with the follow-up to Sideways.  The novel had a long gestation, beginning with a book deal with Alfred A. Knopf — the literary division of Random House.  There were serious creative differences when Rex decided he wanted to write the Sideways sequel.  So, in frustration, Rex found equity funding from a private investor, Tim Moore, and decided to go the intrepid self-imprint route.  The result is Vertical, a tragi-comic epic road novel that saw its realease January 10, 2011.

Rex is also writing the pilot for a comedy series for HBO with Leverage Management (Boardwalk Empire, Entourage).

In addition, Rex will be doing the stage adaptation of Sideways for the Ruskin Group Theater in Santa Monica.  It will premiere May 18, 2012 and run for 12 weeks.

He is currently represented by David Saunders and Steve Fisher of Agency for the Performing Arts and managed by Peter Meyer.

HIT SO HARD uses filmed video interviews with Patty, friends, family and colleagues mixed with unbelievable never-before-seen footage actually shot with Patty’s hi-8 camera while on tour and while living with Courtney and Kurt just before his terrible suicide. It is literally an all-access backstage pass to Patty’s hard won triumph over the pressures that brought others close to her down, but also to the forces an entire generation continues to battle as they grow beyond their “baby bust” legacy.

Through seeing Patty’s personal struggle unflinchingly close-up and first-hand, HIT SO HARD is, equally profoundly, about the generation she represents: the forgotten, discarded youth that became so closely associated with the grunge music revolution. A direct result of suffering through the Reagan-Bush era, the 20-somethings of the 1990s felt unseen and disenfranchised. The disheveled look and the angry driving music that their heroes played became the defining symbols of an angst-filled generation. While an increasingly conservative America routinely dismissed them as a youth culture adrift in a self-indulgent slovenly lifestyle, liquor and drugs offered escape from the pain and rage that lay below the plague of apathy spreading through these young people’s lives.

As a young girl who always knew she was “different” from the other kids in her farm town home outside of Seattle, Patty never dreamed she would one day have her picture on the cover of “Rolling Stone.” But she also never fathomed that she could lose it all. A true survivor of what we now know was the disaffected “slacker” generation, Patty found herself, like her friend Kurt Cobain, drawn to the dark side of alcohol and drugs, on a downward spiral from which there seemed to be only one exit. Thrown out of bands and forced to sell everything including her drum set to support her habit, Patty seemed doomed to follow in the footsteps of the scores of musician friends of her era that lost their lives to the deadly combination of ennui and addiction.

But Patty woke up one morning, next to her shopping cart in the empty lot she now called “home,” on the corner of Temple and Alvarado. She was sick of fighting everyday just to survive and strong enough to ask for help from the family she had long ago left behind. Patty’s story serves as a wake up call and an inspiration to anyone who has fallen into the grip of hopelessness and self-doubt. It is a heart-wrenching account of a woman, HIT SO HARD, who managed to regain her self respect, find love, and embrace her musical talent as the one constant that to this day keeps her alive and kicking

HIT SO HARD will open in theaters on April 20, 2012.

Directed by the accomplished filmmaking duo of Petra Epperlein and Michael Tucker (GUNNER PALACE), FIGHTVILLE takes us to Southern Louisiana, where a group of young athletes, including future MMA powerhouse Dustin Poirier, strive towards personal and professional greatness. The reward? A triumph that could ultimately yield an opportunity to compete professionally in the sport’s upper echelons.

FIGHTVILLE is a microcosm of life, a physical manifestation of the American Dream and the relentless dedication required of all who hope to attain it. Here, men are not born, but are instead built through self-determination, hard work and faith. In FIGHTVILLE, that’s what champions are made of.

Unraveled tells a modern day tragedy of ambition gone astray — it is the compelling uction left behind. Just days before Bernard Madoff captured the nation’s attention as the largest Ponzi schemer in U.S. history, Marc Dreier, a prominent Manhattan attorney, was arrested for orchestrating a massive fraud that netted over 750 Million Dollars. The film is set in the “guilded cage” of Dreier’s Upper East Side Penthouse, where the Court has ordered him confined to house arrest until his sentencing day.
For sixty days — from the day he pleads guilty until the day he is sentenced — the divorced father of two reflects upon the choices that lead to his criminal demise, and the prospect of life imprisonment. Building upon candid interviews with Dreier, Unraveled weaves its narrative with cinema verité footage, revealing archival material and innovative animation effects. The film builds suspense as the countdown to his day of judgment approaches.

Marc Dreier enjoyed early success. His Long Island high school graduating class of 1968 voted him both class president and “most likely to succeed.” He graduated with honors from Yale University and then attended Harvard Law School. He climbed the corporate law firm ladder to become a partner at one of Manhattan’s elite firms. Despite these accomplishments, Dreier felt unfulfilled and in need of public adoration.

He established his own law firm in 1996 and the firm enjoyed moderate growth, but not the success Dreier coveted. In 2002 Dreier began a brazen fraud scheme to raise short term capital that he hoped would grow Dreier LLP to national prominence. He peddled fraudulent loans, purportedly on behalf of his real estate tycoon client Sheldon Solow, to hedge funds and others capable of making multi-million dollar loans and diverted the funds for his own use. Unable to repay the initial “loans” more and more, and unleashed a massive Ponzi scheme.

From 2002 – 2008 Dreier’s charade funded his increasingly extravagant lifestyle with yachts, artwork, multiple properties, and celebrity events sponsored by Dreier LLP. But, his white collar crime spree could not sustain the credit crunch triggered by the country’s financial collapse. After a few headline grabbing acts of desperation, worthy of a Hollywood caper, Dreier was arrested in December 2008.

Unraveled uses Dreier’s personal tale of destruction to shine a light on the culture of greed that permeates today’s corporate landscape. The film also serves a cautionary reminder of the consequences that result when greed and entitlement supplant moral responsibility. Unraveled is a portrait of a man who ultimately achieved the distinction he so desperately craved, but shamefully, not for his keen intellect or ambitious drive, but rather as a “mastermind of criminal deception.”

“When We Were Kings” is a 1996 documentary film directed by Leon Gast about the famous “Rumble in the Jungle” heavyweight championship match between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman. The fight was held in Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo) on October 30, 1974.

The film features a number of celebrities, including James Brown, Jim Brown, B.B. King, Norman Mailer, George Plimpton, Spike Lee and Thomas Hauser.

“When We Were Kings” won the 1996 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.

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A promise is a promise.  But what if your career takes off right when your life takes over?

Artist Beverly McIver was enjoying a skyrocketing career as a painter when a casual yet life-changing promise made to her mother Ethel years before – to take care of her mentally disabled sister Renee – came due. RAISING RENEE follows the McIver family from the time when Ethel and Renee shared a home in Greensboro, NC, through Ethel’s illness and death, to the pivotal moment in 2004 when Beverly brought Renee to live with her in Phoenix, Arizona. The film chronicles Beverly’s promise to “raise” her sister, a 43-year-old woman who functions at the level of a third grader, and the way it transforms Beverly’s life at a time when she had hoped to focus on her burgeoning career and on finding a life partner. Raising Renee unfolds with humor, drama and unexpected twists, and provides a deeply intimate view of a unique family of women, the tenacity of family bonds, and the power of art to transform experience into something beyond words.

Filmed over the course of six years, the documentary RAISING RENEE premieres on HBO2 on February 22nd.

Academy Award nominated husband and wife filmmaking team Steven Ascher and Jeanne Jordan have been making documentary and fiction films for over 20 years and RAISING RENEE is the third in their Family Trilogy, including “Troublesome Creek” and “So Much So Fast.”  “Troublesome Creek: A Midwestern,” won the Grand Jury Prize and Audience Award at Sundance, the Prix Italia, Peabody and IDA awards, and an Academy Award® nomination. Previously, “So Much So Fast” premiered at Sundance and was broadcast worldwide, including a special presentation on PBS’ “Frontline.”

For the past decade, Gabriela has worked as an international model and brand ambassador. Throughout her wildly successful career she has landed several TV jobs in Europe, USA, and South America, appeared in countless international campaigns, and has been the centerpiece of editorials in top fashion and lifestyle publications around the globe. More recently, Gabriela Dias has launched a Brazilian swimwear line, under the label G. Dias, for which she is the sole designer.

Terje Carlsson is a freelance journalist.  He has spent almost a decade covering the Middle East for the news media including Swedish Television and Radio.  He had thought about making a movie about Israel peace activists.  Carlsson felt their work was very important, and he was impressed with their commitment to this cause.  They risk injury and even death in their work.  These activists’ beliefs are shared by a minority of the Israeli population.  They are condemned by those with opposing views including members of their friends and family.  Terje felt it was important for their story to be told.

Terje Carlsson filmed a documentary about a 17 year old teenager, Leila, living in Hebron in 2006 and 2007.  This critically acclaimed documentary “Welcome to Hebron” was released in 2008.  Because of the film’s great success, Swedish TV wanted Terje to make another film about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.   He told them about the work of Israeli peace activists and “Israel vs. Israel” born.

Carlsson began researching various Israeli peace groups.  He was already familiar with Jonathan Pollack whom he met In 2003 at a very violent demonstration against the construction of the wall.  He was also very familiar with Arik Ascherman and Yehuda Shaul, and admired their work.  He also decided to work with Ronny Perlman because she was a woman and a holocaust survivor. Each of them has a different focus and background, yet they all oppose the military occupation in the West Bank and want more humane treatment for the Palestinians.  Israel consists of Jewish people with a great variety of backgrounds and expectations.  He wanted this diversity in the peace movement film where one finds middleclass women and young anarchists, religious rabbis and recent secular arrivals from New York, Kiev or Teheran to be reflected in the film.
Terje Carlsson started shooting the film in the autumn of 2008.  In the beginning he worked on a daily basis filming the olive harvest, protests against the wall and the interaction at different checkpoints. Shortly thereafter in December 2008, Israel attacked the Gaza Strip.  He was working around the clock in order to keep up with all the anti-war activities that were going on in Israel and in the West Bank.  Carlsson essentially filmed the documentary by himself.  He was a one man crew; he shot the footage and sound.  He handled the research and conducted all the interviews himself.  The film was shot over a 2 year period.  Often times filming was very difficult and dangerous.  Sometimes he was threatened  by the Israeli army and/or Jewish settlers.  Teargas, which is very debilitating, was often used against protestors and journalists covering the event.  The threat of violence was real.  In 2008, Terje was shot by soldiers.  The bullet turned out to be a rubber-coated steel bullet, and luckily it did little physical damage, but it did affect him psychologically.  It reminded him of the dangers that protestors must endure.
After one year of filming Carlsson almost gave up on the project.  He had hundreds of thousands of hours footage, but it was overwhelming, and he didn’t yet have a story narrative for the film.   Then an unlikely event provided a source of inspiration.
In August 2009, Terje was working for Swedish Radio about a story on where he revealed how the well-established Greek-Orthodox Zionist population despised the more recently arrived evangelists in the Gaza Strip.  The Christian Zionists became vocal critics.  They tried to label him “Pro-Palestinian” in their publications.  They harassed his producers, and published misinformation all over the Internet.  The smear campaign worked very well – to inspire him.  He realized that he was needed to work and report on the news and events that were occurring in the Middle East.  Thanks to these fanatics, Carlsson became more motivated and inspired to tell this story.  He continued to join Ronny Perlman at the Qalandyia checkpoint on Sundays at 4 a.m.  He continued to go to the anti-wall protests, despite the large amount of teargas Israeli soldiers always shoot.  He continued to travel to Hebron and the Olive fields in the West Bank.
In late 2009, Terje Carlsson started post production work on the film.  Together with co-editor, Josef Nyberg, he was able to find the correct narrative and structure for this award winning film.  All the activists shown in the documentary have seen Israel vs. Israel have seen the film and like it very much.  They have supported the release and attended screenings – including showings in both Jerusalem and East Jerusalem.
BIOGRAPHIES

FILMMAKER

Mr. Terje Carlsson is a freelance journalist based for many years in Jerusalem, working mostly for Swedish National Radio and Television. Terje has during last decade produced shorter documentaries and features from ex-Yugoslavia, South Africa and different parts of the Middle East.  In 2008, his first feature documentary Welcome to Hebron was released. The film won several awards at festivals all over the world, including the Med Film Festival in Marseille. TV-broadcasters from more than 10 countries all over the world bought the rights for broadcast.  Israel vs Israel is his second feature documentary from the Middle East. The film will have its world premiere on SVT (Swedish National Television) in September 2010.

Everybody is going to die one day. Oskar, 70, is going to die in 6 days. He is now ready to forgive his brother for a disagreement years ago. Will he reach his brother, who he believes live on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean, before it’s too late?

LA LUNA is the timeless fable of a young boy who is coming of age in the most peculiar of circumstances. Tonight is the very first time his Papa and Grandpa are taking him to work. In an old wooden boat they row far out to sea, and with no land in sight, they stop and wait. A big surprise awaits the little boy as he discovers his family’s most unusual line of work. Should he follow the example of his Papa, or his Grandpa? Will he be able to find his own way in the midst of their conflicting opinions and timeworn traditions?

Director’s Biography: Enrico Casarosa joined Pixar Animation Studios in January 2002. He began working as a story artist on “Cars” and the Academy Award-winning feature “Ratatouille.” Casarosa’s next project was as story artist on Disney·Pixar’s Academy Award®- winning feature film, “Up.” Most recently, Casarosa made his directing debut with the short film, LA LUNA.   Currently, Casarosa is working as head of story on an upcoming Pixar film.

TSUNAMI AND THE CHERRY BLOSSOM

Survivors in the areas hardest hit by Japan’s recent tsunami find the courage to revive and rebuild as cherry blossom season begins.  Survivors in the areas hardest hit by Japan’s recent tsunami find the courage to revive and rebuild as cherry blossom season begins.

A stunning visual poem about the ephemeral nature of life and the healing power of Japan’s most beloved flower.

SYNOPSIS:

In 1994, scientist Victor DeNoble became the first whistleblower to reveal the tobacco industry’s efforts to manufacture “a maximally addictive” product.  Tasked in the 1980s by a major tobacco company to invent a safer form of nicotine — one that would decrease the danger of heart failure while remaining just as addictive (so smokers could live, and smoke, longer) — DeNoble succeeded.  But, in doing so, he inadvertently created indisputable evidence that nicotine was addictive, something the tobacco companies had long denied.  His position was terminated, his lab was closed, and both his research and the “safer cigarette” were buried in the vaults and kept from the public…until he broke his confidentiality agreement and became the ultimate whistleblower.

ADDICTION INCORPORATED, Charles Evans Jr.’s taut, journalistic exposé made over the course of 15 years, tells the riveting story of DeNoble’s journey from research scientist to star informant.  After testifying before Congressional committees, the FDA and Al Gore’s Tobacco Settlement Committee, DeNoble has become America’s peripatetic anti-smoking advoMONDcate par excellence. Evans marshals classic footage including that of the CEOs of the seven leading tobacco companies testifying under oath that they do not believe that nicotine is addictive; Rep. Thomas J. Bliley, Jr. (R-VA) likening the government’s treatment of the tobacco industry to McCarthyism; and, highlights of the $10 billion lawsuit filed by Philip Morris against the ABC television network.

Today, the story continues to unfold as provisions of the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act begin to go into effect, empowering the FDA to require that cigarette packages display disturbing photographs of rotting teeth and blackened lungs, ban sweetened cigarettes targeted to children, and prohibit “light” and “low tar” labeling by fall 2012.  The new law also allows the FDA to reduce nicotine in cigarettes to near nil, a prospect that could put big tobacco out of business. With new restrictions fast approaching, the tobacco companies are rolling up their sleeves and arming themselves for litigation — again.

If you think you know everything there is to know about cigarettes and nicotine, ADDICTION INCORPORATED will startle you with its vital, previously undisclosed information.  Straight from the mouths of the key players behind the scenes (interviewees include Steven C. Parrish, the former Senior VP and General Counsel for External Affairs at Philip Morris), ADDICTION INCORPORATED reveals exactly how the tobacco industry achieved behemoth power through scientific secrecy…and what their next move may be.

Addiction Incorporated opens in New York on December 14 at Film Forum and in Los Angeles on January 13 at Landmark’s Nuart  and in San Francisco n January 20.

www.addictionincorporated.com

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